Lake County Gazette

Daniel Didech led Republican Karen Feldman in votes cast in Vernon Township Precinct 279 for the District 59 state House race, according to the latest vote count.

Didech appeared to outpace Feldman by a margin of 28 percent on Tuesday in the precinct.

In comparison, the 2014 winner, Democrat Carol Sente, won by a margin of 5.1 percent in that jurisdiction, beating Republican Leslie Munger, who received 240 votes to Sente's 266.